Sectional pencil.



No. 637,384. Patented Ndv. 21, I899.

.1. E. amen.

SECTIONAL PENCIL.

1 (Application filed u. 24, 1899.) (No Model.)

. UNITED STATES,

FFICE.

PATENT SECTIONAL PENCIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 637,384, dated November21, 1899.

Application filed March 24, 1899.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. HAGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Sectional Pencils; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in pencils, andespecially to a pencil made up of sections, whereby the en tire lengthof each section can be used, an adjacent section of the pencil connectedto the section being used serving the purpose of the full length of apencil which can be conveniently handled in writing.

More specifically the present invention con sists in making up pencilsof various kinds of sections having each arecessed and threaded end anda contracted threaded end, whereby the sections may be connectedtogether, and when one is partially used up an additional section may beconnected thereto, thus utilizin g the entire length of the sections andhaving a pencil of sufficient length to conveniently hold while writing.In connection with the recessed end of one of the sections it is mypurpose to secure an eraser, which may be secured in place in suchamanner as to allow of its being easily removed and inserted in anothersection.

My invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which,with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisapplication, and in which drawings similar letters of reference indicatelike parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of a pencil made up of sections, showing an eraserinserted in one end. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section centrally throughthe pencil with the sections connected together. Fig. 3 is a viewshowing the sections separated.

Reference now being had to the details of Serial No. 710,312. (Nomodel.)

the drawings by letter, A designates one of the sections, which is madeof the usual construction of lead pencils, excepting at its ends. Oneend, as B, is contracted and is threaded, as shown at B, while theopposite end of the section is recessed, as at O, and has its internalwall threaded, said recess being of such a bore as to receive and form atight fit with the contracted end of a section that is to be connectedthereto. At one end of a section it is my purpose to insert a rubbereraser, which may be held in place by the threads of the recess or inany other suitable manner in which the removal of the rubber may beeasily accomplished.

The utility of a pencil constructed in accordance with my invention willbe at once apparent, as by the construction shown the entire length ofeach section can be used and there is no waste of the pencil, which iscommonly the case with pencils made of one piece, which when they becomeshort and of inconvenient length for use are thrown away.

While I have shown my invention as applying to lead-pencils, still it ismy purpose to construct pencils for crayon and pastel work in the samemanner, which will make it possible to utilize the entire length ofthese rather expensive articles.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

A pencil made up of sections each of which has a recessed end, withinternally-threaded walls, its opposite end having a contracted threadedprojection terminating in a rightangled shoulder, combined with leadswhich run through the entire length of each section, and adapted whenthe sections are screwed together, to form a continuous lead from theouter ends of the sections thus screwed together, substantially as shownand described.

In testimony whereof I afIiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN E. HAGER.

Witnesses:

A. L. HOUGH, J. M. PFEIFFER.

